Keeping the Windmill Alive - Where was your last trip with your GPS?
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If anyone is in danger of losing their windmill, maybe you can share with us the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you use it to seek out special places to go. (Like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.) Anything to keep your windmill alive 
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This isn't my last trip, but I thought I'd share this.
My sister and her husband just got back from England and Scotland. Before they left they purchased a Nuvi 270. She said it saved their marriage.
With absolute accuracy, it took them down old dirt wagon roads and goat paths until they reached their destination - an old English cottage in the middle of no where that belonged to an old aunt. I saw the pictures of these four ft. wide dirt roads and was amazed that a GPS even knew they existed.
The GPS also was a big help in city driving as well.
After much debate, they were truly happy with their decision to buy it for this trip. She said the could have rented one for $20 a day out there and they stayed 20 days. Considering they paid $400 for it here in the US, it paid for itself. My sister said that if she never used it again, she got her monies worth!
(Being a golfer and a motorcycist, I'm sure she'll be using it again, and again.)
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Madison, WI
Used mine on a trip to Madison to locate the REI store using the REI POI file. Could also have used the POI for Madison restaurants. Will download it for next time.
This might be the
first week we have not used the GPS this year
It's not gathering any dust though since we're preparing for three long trips this summer. Downloading POIs and updating our routes.
Baltimore and Back
... and no lockups today on the 760
Received a traffic warning (1 minute delay) for the northbound leg at the Fort McHenry Tunnel - turned out to be fine in the EZ Pass lane.
Also received a warning about heavy traffic towards Cecil county, but exited prior to that, so I was not able to confirm. Overall, a passing grade today.
Went to Red Rocks in Morrison, Co
My 765T was spot on getting me there with no problems
To work
I know the way.
I guess I'm a gadget freak.
Oddly before the storm this
Oddly before the storm this weekend, ended up going to a Target for a bike seat but after getting there and planning a trip onward to another I haven't been to I decided to save the gas and called it quits. I have to admit that its been less and less use in the past months.
Art and fair
I went to Art and Fair ni Webster Groves
Val - Nuvi 785t and Streetpilot C340
no where
didnt get to use the gps this weekend....
Last Trip
San Diego
Canada's largest cruise-in...
near London, Ontario. Called the Fleetwood Country Cruize-In, it had over 3,000 cars on a guy's estate (that included a golf course on his grounds).
Coming from the Detroit area, a few miles (or KM) into Canada the 1490T blinked off and took what seemed like an extraordinarily long time to come back on after a hard restart, but otherwise got me where I had to go.
NEOhioGuy - Garmin 2639, MIO Knight Rider, TomTom (in Subaru Legacy), Nuvi 55, DriveSmart 51, Apple CarPlay maps
Just around town...
Just around town...
I used the EcoRoute function
I used the EcoRoute function of the Garmin 1490 recently to drive from Bel Air to Baltimore, a distance of under 30 miles. The estimated drive time was 1.5 hrs, and I would have saved a few cents worth of gas in a Prius. I disabled it.
Now that's saving!?!
I used the EcoRoute function of the Garmin 1490 recently to drive from Bel Air to Baltimore, a distance of under 30 miles. The estimated drive time was 1.5 hrs, and I would have saved a few cents worth of gas in a Prius. I disabled it.
At an average of 20 MPH that the EcoRoute calculated, it must have figured that you wanted to use a bicycle to save that fuel!
NEOhioGuy - Garmin 2639, MIO Knight Rider, TomTom (in Subaru Legacy), Nuvi 55, DriveSmart 51, Apple CarPlay maps
next trip
about to head out on a big trip. 2.5 weeks in Idaho, Mt, WY, and SD. Including Grandma's house, yellowstone, glacier and Mt. Rushmore.
Working on getting the RV ready, but getting my Garmin ready right now!
House to House
Between eastern Minnesota to western Wisconsin via Stillwater.
Dinner was great.
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs - Earned my Windmill 4/12/2010
Windmillinit
San Antonio to Washington DC. under the guidance of my SP 2730 with XM/ On my Harley Ultra Classic, the touch screen quit working just short of Arlington VA and droped the route. although it would still track and the map still worked I couldn't make any inputs and had no idea where I was going wtih out the route. That is how spoiled I have become. Having riden the return route many times I had no trouble making it home but didn't take the back roads this time. Garmin replaced it and I am still trying to get POI uploaded and favorite routes re entered. Ya don't know how much you miss it till its gone.
We went to a couple of Art
We went to a couple of Art and Wine Festivals here in the SF bay area. One in Foster City and the other in Sunnyvale. Looking forward to going to many more this summer.
Rain rain rain
Same here. Too much rain to go anywhere so the GPS is having a weekend off.
Bob
Robert Woodcock
I took it all over..
Springfield IL, and had a great time, a real lifesaver. In August, it will join me in Rome, all over southern France, Cosica, and Barcelona, Spain.
"Backward, turn backward, oh time in your flight, make me a child again, just for tonight."
In Gatlinburg, TN
Finished the first leg of our annual summer trip - only 3500 more miles. Dollywood & Dixie Stampede great takes.
NUVI 260+ worked fine.
Heading up North towards NH today via MD.
Weather has been great. a couple short showers.
All Rest Areas and Cracker Barrels (TourGuide)alerted properly.
MrKenFL- "Money can't buy you happiness .. But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery." NUVI 260, Nuvi 1490LMT & Nuvi 2595LMT all with 2014.4 maps !
Baltimore
Most recent trip was from DC to Baltimore (a quicky). My Garm Nuvi 660 worked like a charm.
RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot
Mountain passes in Switzerland
Last week Thursday to Sunday I had the pleasure to drive some mountain passes in Switzerland, about 900 miles altogether, using my new TomTom Rider. Everything worked well.
Just got back from the Mid-west.
Why do they call it the Mid-West when it is Central US? No where close to the West.
NUVI 680, NUVI 5000, MS S&T,
Double Check
Double check the icons (bmp files) you loaded with your POI files. Make sure they are all 24x24 pixels or less. Some units hang if an oversize icon tries to appear on the display.
San Antonio to Washington DC. under the guidance of my SP 2730 with XM/ On my Harley Ultra Classic, the touch screen quit working just short of Arlington VA and droped the route. although it would still track and the map still worked I couldn't make any inputs and had no idea where I was going wtih out the route. That is how spoiled I have become. Having riden the return route many times I had no trouble making it home but didn't take the back roads this time. Garmin replaced it and I am still trying to get POI uploaded and favorite routes re entered. Ya don't know how much you miss it till its gone.
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs - Earned my Windmill 4/12/2010
San Jose to downtown Los Angeles
and to San Bernardino county. Rest Stops poi file really came in handy driving down interstate 5.
Nuvi 3597 LMT
Last Saturday
A quick trip to Colorado Springs. Almost got lost on the way to lunch in Manitou Springs.
nüvi 750 & 760
We took our GPS with us to
We took our GPS with us to Hawaii last month and set it to use Australian English Karen for speech. It was entertaining to listen to how she pronounced the street names!
lost in SA
San Antonio is not an easy city to navigate for out of towners. Good idea to have a gps there
Two more days, then I'm off
Two more days, then I'm off to Utah.
nuvi 2460LMT
My next trip
Sheboygan Falls, WI.
*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*
St. Paul
A short drive into downtown St. Paul... and more importantly, the way back out.
The Wizard of Ahhhhhhhs - Earned my Windmill 4/12/2010
sunday went to look at a
sunday went to look at a possible reception site for our wedding garmin did good, except did not get us to the turnin for the place had to do a u turn and travel down a different road
Just around town
Just here and there to new locations around town..
It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
To Infinity & Beyond
"To infinity and beyond", and then the last traffic light on the way to the dairy to go get milk for dinner turned green .....
TomTom One 125, One 140S, Via 1500 and iPhone TomTom App
windmill alive
used it to find a shoe store.
The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS
Aniother election --
And once again I pre-programmed in the precincts I was responsible for, as well as important sites such as supply trucks and distribution/pickup centres. Always good to have that navigator along with me!
Nuvi 2460, 680, DATUM Tymserve 2100, Trimble Thunderbolt, Ham radio, Macintosh, Linux, Windows
Route 66 Raceway
Went to go see the top Fuel dragsters at route 66 in joliet, IL
windmill !!
windmill !!
DriveSmart 50, DriveSmart 60, nuvi 2595, nuvi 3760,
N0 Where
Just put it on to see it work,lol.
Nuvi 50LM Nuvi 2555LM
What time is it where you are
What time is it where you are
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Miller time
What time is it where you are
It must be Miller time somewhere
Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon
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What time is it where you are
It must be Miller time somewhere
Driving across Wisconsin this afternoon I noticed there are taverns in the darndest places, even in the middle of what seems like nowhere... anywhere 3 or more roads meet - there's a tavern
*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*
Motorcycle pick up
We punched in an address in Webster, Mass. to go pick up a motorcycle for my very excited nephew. In his excitement he neglected to find out if it was "street" or "road". We had a 50/50 shot of being right, so we chose "street". Garmin took us there just fine, but the odds weren't in our favor, the address was "road". Eventually we got there, loaded the bike into the covered trailer. The sky then opened up and it poured all the way home.
The bike went into the garage where my 22 yr. old nephew used the rain time to clean, polish and admire his new to him first motorcycle.
Originator of Keeping Your Windmill Alive. Live in MA & have a cooking website. 6 yr. member. http://kitchentoysmakecookingfun.blogspot.com/
Traffic (TTN) Fail Yesterday
Traveling south of Baltimore yesterday, we ran into stopped traffic on I95 close to Route 100. No traffic warning until probably 20 minutes into the parking event, and the traffic signal appeared to be strong throughout the trip. Turns out it was a car fire, vehicle was on the side and on a tow truck by the time we passed, but I never saw the tow truck pass on the shoulder. Not sure if any other traffic service picked up the problem, but this was one that added 30-45 minutes to the overall trip time.
To Elk Neck State Forest
To sight in a new scope on a new (to me) rifle.
In December...
...I will be going to Florida with some of my family. I know it is a tourist trap, but we are also seeing my parents.
I wonder if the oil spill will be at their beach when we get there? What a disaster! So many people out of work, and hundred year old sea turtles lying dead on the beach!
Canada here I come
We're leaving in a couple of days to visit our neighbors to the north. We were supposed to go to Niagara Falls and Toronto for our anniversary. Turns out that weekend is the G20 summit in Toronto. Needless to say we wanted nothing to do with that, so we're going up a week or so early. Hopefully my C550 and my phone with Mobile XT pulls me through this trip.
Kevin
Just back from our first
Just back from our first extended trip with our Nuvi 265WT. We toured the desert southwest leaving Southern CA for Sedona, Grand Canyon and Zion wrapping up with a weekend in Las Vegas (Jersey Boys rocks!).
Absolutely no problems with the GPS and thoroughly enjoyed having it on hand. Funniest moment was while driving along the shore of Lake Powell. The nuvi obviously knows where the lake's upper levels are and cleared showed our SUV swimming along...
http://twitpic.com/1vbqxq
Haight and Ashbury 33rd Street Festival
Lots of hippies and second hand smoke... not really but lots of peeps and fun...
Just got back from a 1,850 mile trip
Just got back from a 1,850 mile trip from Tucson to Lake Tahoe then to Lake Las Vegas and back to Tucson.
My new built in Garmin/Kenwood G610 Nav unit worked great and really appreciated the 7" screen size.
Garmin Drive Smart 55 - Samsung Note 10 Smartphone with Google Maps & HERE Apps